The Christian Aid Children and Youth team has created a suite of resources to help children as they reflect upon and ask questions about conflict and environmental disasters.

Children, like many of us, will feel concerned for the people affected by crises and  emergencies. This may cause some children to feel anxious themselves. Our resources provide sensitive reflections and activities to help children explore and express their feelings in classroom settings and in assemblies.  

Climate Feelings

Children and young people will be seeing distressing news of disasters linked to climate change. This can cause feelings of eco-anxiety. Climate feelings is a new resource to support children and young people to explore and understand their feelings

Climate Feelings

Resources to support all-ages to explore and understand their feelings around climate change.
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Reflective Resources for People Caught in Conflicts

Peace Mural Reflective Prayer

Use this activity either in a class or collective worship settings, to help children process their feelings about war and conflict.
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Peace Mural and Poetry Reflection

A non-faith specific reflective activity helping children to reflect on and explore their feelings around the war and conflict.
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Reflective prayers for people experiencing times of crisis

Prayer for people in times of crisis

This reflected prayer is intended to be used in a class setting or in collective worship & assemblies. This prayer will help children to process tragedy and crisis, and also reflect on sources of hope.
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Prayer for people in times of crisis (Welsh Translation)

This reflected prayer is intended to be used in a class setting or in collective worship & assemblies. This prayer will help children to process tragedy and crisis, and also reflect on sources of hope. (Welsh Translation)
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Reflection on Psalm 46

A short reflection on Psalm 46 to help children explore uncertainty and worry in the face of crises.
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